November 16, 2015
Sales tax bonds– or tax bonds as they are often called– are an umbrella name for a number of different tax bonds that state or local governments mandate from businesses, as a pre-licensing requirement. In these cases, a business license cannot be ...
November 2, 2015
The deduction for taxes claimed on Schedule A includes amounts paid for state and local income taxes such as the taxes withheld from your paychecks and any estimated taxes paid during the year. It also includes property taxes if you’re a homeowner.
October 28, 2015
Weebly, a global service that lets any merchant create a high quality website, is working with Avalara to bring sales tax automation solutions to aspiring, newly-established and fast-growing online merchants. With Weebly and Avalara TrustFile ...
October 28, 2015
Businesses that sell online or operate in multiple states can find it daunting to stay compliant with ever-changing regulations from a host of jurisdictions and taxing authorities. Vertex SMB’s tax calculation and returns platform helps CPA firms and ...
October 22, 2015
Most tax holidays focus on back-to-school savings with discounts on school supplies, clothing and computers. A few provide discounts on hurricane preparedness and Energy Star products. Louisiana and Mississippi, famously, offer tax holidays for ...
October 15, 2015
In an effort to increase income and cash flow, a number of jurisdictions are adding prepayment requirements for larger tax amounts. Prepayment requires payments to be made to jurisdictions on a different filing schedule, sometimes more than once a month.
October 15, 2015
Avalara has just announced it will guarantee the accuracy of its sales and use tax calculations. Avalara is the first in its industry to offer such a promise. The company makes cloud-based solutions for sales, use, VAT and other transactions.
October 12, 2015
Launch of Avalara Returns Excise for Tobacco announced during NACS Show in Las Vegas.
October 8, 2015
New guidance is available for state and local tax professionals that examines how cloud computing is increasingly affected by state sales taxes.
September 28, 2015
Self-employed clients are innovative, entrepreneurial and like taking a lot of risk, but probably aren’t paying much attention to their back-office operations, including the somewhat complicated issue of sales tax.
September 22, 2015
Cloud tax solutions provider Avalara has launched a new automated sales tax rates and returns service for Xero customers. The integration provides tax rate data in real time, enabling quick and automatic access for inclusion in customer invoices.
September 15, 2015
The Avalara Sales Tax Compliance App provides an automated sales tax calculation and return filings compliance solution within the familiar QBO interface. It’s cloud-based and always up to date, ensuring that sales tax rate, rule and boundary ...